Checks and Balances

Checks and Balances

Multiple Select

Select all that are real possible checks

• legislative on judicial

• legislative on executive

• executive on judicial

• judicial on legislative

Multiple Choice

Which branch seems to have the most ways/forms of checking other branches?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Multiple Choice

True or False: Most of the checks and Balances are interrelated to each other.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Name two ways the legislative branch might check the executive branch

Open Ended

Name one way the legislative branch can check the judicial branch.

Executive Checks:

The executive branch also gets to appoint federal judges. Therefore it holds power over the judicial branch.

These have to be approved by the legislative branch though - meaning the legislative branch also gets to check them.

Open Ended

Name one way the executive branch checks the legislative branch.

Open Ended

Describe how the Judicial branch checks the legislative branch.

Open Ended

How might political party control (democrat vs. republican) effect the interaction of checks and balances?